News from MadisonJournalTODAY - Topics from January, 2012

Madison County commissioners unanimously agreed to adopt the county school board’s district lines Friday afternoon. The county BOC and the school board have had a different district map for years, which causes confusion for voters and county leaders, officials say. Now those maps will be consolidated, with the county agreeing to adopt the ...
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Three men were charged with dumping illegal waste recently after they were reportedly found burning copper wiring at a location on Ed Coile Road. James Steven Buice, 39, 62 Calloway Court, Conyers, Michael Jason Massey, 32, 165 Ed Coile Road, Hull, and Matthew Thomas Means, 20, 150 Three Rivers Court, Hull, were each charged with one count of ...
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Matt Pilkington is still the police chief of Danielsville. His resignation from the position was withdrawn shortly following the recent resignation of Philip Croya as mayor. The council received Pilkington’s resignation as chief at a Jan. 3 meeting, but the group said that meeting wasn’t lawfully advertised, and that all action from that ...
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A Madison County inmate who escaped custody Wednesday morning was apprehended early Thursday morning in Bulloch County, near Statesboro. Sheriff Kip Thomas said James Michael Self, 19, was found after he used a cell phone belonging to his mother. Law enforcement traced the cell phone “ping” and Screven and Bulloch County officers found Self ...
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The voter registration deadline for the March 6, 2012, Presidential Preference Primary/Special Election will be Feb. 6, according to a press release from the Madison County Board of Registrars. Voter registration applications are available at the board of registrars’ office in the Madison County Government Complex, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. – ...
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A Madison County inmate escaped from custody between 11:15 and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday as deputies took him back to his home to recover stolen items. James Michael Self, 19, who was being held at the county jail on theft charges, escaped from an investigator and a deputy at his residence on Fred Goss Road. “They went to the house to recover some ...
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Non-certified school employees — bus drivers, parapros, secretaries, janitors — could find themselves without insurance benefits in a few years if a plan by the state’s Board of Community Health (BCH) goes forward. The BCH approved a massive rate increase plan in mid-December, which is set to go into effect over the next three years. ...
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It’s nearly time for the Madison County government and municipal representatives to renew Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) allocations. LOST is a one-cent tax levied on every dollar spent in Madison County. Unlike the special purpose local option sales tax (SPLOST), which must be used on specific projects in the county, LOST is used on ...
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An 11-year-old Madison County boy is in critical condition Tuesday at Egleston Hospital in Atlanta after a Monday incident at his home. According to the Madison County Sheriff’s Department, the child was injured in an incident at approximately 4:30 p.m. Monday at his home off Wesley Chapel Road. The boy was transported to Athens Regional ...
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By Jeremy Elrod Once again revisiting the discussion of Hull’s “Neighborhood Newsletter,” Councilwoman Paige Phillips presented the council with a draft of what will be sent out. “For our first issue I’ve basically put together a one-page letter that includes a message from the mayor, and a list of fire safety tips provided by our ...
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